The Singapore Free Press, 17 January 1951

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA \i SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1951. PRICK fl V CENTS
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  • 27 1 List Dakota: troops seek wreckage and 3 a posi' T.idi. about S r whe: had b nes ify the ng :he ned and ad to be ht.
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  • 325 1 NEW NEHRU PLEA FOR PEACE Peking reply reported LONDON, Wednesday. gETTLEMENT in the Far East should not be local but on a world-wide basis, said Pandit Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, yesterday a the end of the Commonwealth talks in London Mr. Xehru later saw Mr. Bevin, Foreign Secretary. It \\;is
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  • 101 1 TOKYO, Wednesday. 4 UNITED Nations tank artillery and infantry A task force, which entered Suwon yesterday Tnoon, withdrew as darkness fell and at the last ts out of contact with the enemy. :ore pulling out. artillery was fired at a company ol Reds retreating out f)f
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  • 57 1 Britain yester -ned n Feb. 1 to liar l her ban non-defence use of ,-.«pper and zinc b of industrial need.- I »1 Supply said. Tl said the move made after "the industed'« had expr anxiety that "early enforcement of the prohibitions a mid c disloca-
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  • 27 1 Donald Heath. U.S. Minister to Communist-threatened Indo-China is being recalled for consultations, the State Department announces. Hftith will remain 10 days before returning to Saigon.
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  • 74 1 'Eat run' film divorce s\m MONICA, California. Wed. FILMSTAB Betty Hutton U>tiJied in court that her husband wanted to "eat and run" when they dined with film executives. She won a divorce from camera maker Ted Briskin. 31. The blonde sinuer said Briskin treated her rudely, would not speak to
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  • 29 1 Nawab Mir Fazle Ali Khan 52-year-old ruler of Banganaplle, a South Indian state merged with the Republic of India. yesterday resigned from the Indian Rulers Board.- A.P.
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  • 27 1 All incoming air passengers at* Darwin will be medically examined from today, as part of the Australian Government's drive to check the pread of influenza.
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  • 88 1 LONDON, Wed. I>RITAIN yesterday answered Poland's expulsion of two Britons by expelling two Poles. A Foreign Office statement disclosed that two Poles, Edward Rudski. a clerk in the Polish Embassy in London, and the other, named Borunski an attache at the Polish Consul-General's office, had already left
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  • 97 1 MEXICAN authorities nave arrested Bill Cook, 24--year-old former convict and suspected slayer of eight persons in a reign of terror through the south-western United States into Mexico. Police have found three bodies in a Joplin. Missouri. nsfne shaft, which they belipve to be members of
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  • 80 1 70 bandits derail train: police die TV' FP StaH Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A MALAYAN collieries train was attacked and derailed by 70 bandits yesterday in the Rawang district of Selangor. Two special constables were i killed and six others wounded. A police party which Investigated the shooting tound a
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  • 26 1 An Italian count has been accused of "complicity" with Egyptian army officers in Egypt's investigation ol army p:u chases during the Palestine war. A.P.
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  • 206 1 LONDON, Wednesday. pRIMK Minister Liaquat Ali Khan said today that Pakistan could make no contribution to Commonwealth defence because of the deadlock over Kashmir caused by India's flat rejection of all "reasonable' proposals for a solution of the three-year-old dispute He told a press conference that
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  • 78 1 ARP PLAN FOR SKYSCRAPER AFFICIALS of the world's tallest building, the Empire State in New York, have announced that they are prepared to deal with any possible bombing attacks. To care for the 18,000 tenants and the average 22,000 visitors in the 102-storey building, 86 internal shelters have been set
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  • 91 1 LONDON. Wed. RESTRICTIONS on private iron and sfeei] production under the British Iron and Steel Act of 1949, under which a large section of the industry will be nationalised, will come into force on May 15 the Ministry of Supply announced today. Aflei this date it
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  • 51 1 Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh yesterday evening met Malta's Prime Minister and members of the Malta Legislative Assembly at an at-home in honour of her Royal Highness. The Governor, the Naval Commander-in-Chief. AdmiraJ Sir John Edelster, the Lleutenant-Governor and the Island's Archbishop were present.
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  • 32 1 Lieut-General Sir E. C Robert Mansergh. commander of Hong Kong forces, yesterday to Tokyo to visit General Mac Arthur's Hquarters and later the British brigades in Korea. A.P.
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  • 62 1 A DUTCH telepathist, Peter Van Der Hurk. irft Amsterdam for London yesterday to help Scotland Yard in the search for the Coronation Stone, which was stolen from Westminster Abbey at Christmas. "I am convinced I can at least ftive. them some valuable clues," he said at Amstersdam
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  • 186 1 FREE WORLD MUST UN ITE EISENHO WER LONDON, Wednesday. THE only way the free world can delend itself successfully is for the free world to stick together" General Dwight Eisenhower told reporters here today. General Eisenhower, who has vis:ted France. Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark. Norway and Britain, said he had
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  • 87 1 Wo rubber stockpile Free Press (01 respondent MELBOURNE Wed. DESPITE urgent rations from the Australian rubber industry last May. the Commonwealth Government had failed to stockpile rubber except for a negligible amount. Mr. K. H. Stein. assistant general manager of Dunlop. Australia Ltd.. charged yesterday. When the question was raised
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  • 107 1 French throw back rebels 1. STRONG r coun-tor-attacks yester smashed I forces which !.ad driven a wedge in the m; French d< line north-west of Hanoi. All along the 10 where tl. ii<*ir eh iof ai the French Union forces supported by i and strannu fighter i»i forced the enemy
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  • 32 1 d. The G N for! Tni» i par Mr. I said h "deeply disturbed" thai h included in budget l 1 non-defence expendr government a j ct U.P.
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  • 26 1 Thr Na* Wool Selling Brokl I tralia reported in the first six mont! on to D**e. 31 EA270.812.729 a re< the period. A. P.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 88 1 i OLD CAPITAL < > na'ing and Rare n Curios. and inspect out V collection. Jordßd., Spore i vl o 'trite* of Raffles Hotel to Tengah Airport or i -ourse to johore if we placed our month's sausage sales end to end yd cover the same distance. sages are nourishing
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  • 397 2 Hernia: Operation Indicated THF SIXGJWRE DOCTOR had hernia in the right Iff fl\ \tMTv Is it ailMsahle for him to havt in operation or should he e-.ir a trn 1\ J HERNIA in the groin is ettl pa: tbdominal ury rn muscle or wound i rraafor He under a .fraid
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  • Article, Illustration
    659 2 FOCUS ON FLU By A Harley Street Specialist '••-HE present epi^u'iiiic s of influenza promises to become the most widespread of recent years, and already industry has been severely affected. Since scientific re have been kepi, epidemics are known to have occurred in 1889 and 1899. Then came the epidemic
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  • 673 2  -  Amy Landreth By ALONG time ago John Dryden said that for real health it was better to turn out of doors .."betrer hunt u in fields for health unhought," he said. Now this was wise counsel over 200 years a<?o, and indeeC still is today;
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    • 139 2 L dH° You canrot keep hea thy wt' Lack of tufficteflC vitamin A Ic t resistance and makes o* e coughs, colds and other c One of the richest kno*~ Vitamin A is Crookes Hi t also contains Vitamin D cs children because it builds •nd promotes healthy growth. Available
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 7 2 Solution To Crossword No. 25* ■^■vpuHADDL E
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    • 89 2 Kew Cross w©M N®, 2£4 < I < ES ACROSS L ri i Ol for instance (4, 6). 7. fio irack into y 1I! 'V 5 t Flower that Is impose for a boot h hZ m 11Ot 8O Up «fr*fcht (4). 10. She is returned 16 i£ u *n
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    • 130 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you ldV e a tremendous capacity for love and affection. You seem to be able to make friends with the entire world! Wherever you so, you become the centre of your group and will probably have many influential friends who can be of great help
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  • 1165 3 EX-SPORE MAN SUES BROTHER Gets £200 libel damages LONDON, Wed nesday. 'yjR. Lancelot Evelyn Gaunt, a barrister who practised for many years in Singapore was awarded £200 damages In the King's Bench Division in London in a libel action against his 81-year-o>d brother, Admiral Sir Guv Gaunt. Mr. Gaunt, 76
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  • 87 3 KOREAN FRONT, Wednesday. El tall Ihemsehrea The Icebox Brigade*'* and 1 frown Font Eighth Army patrols who wade trns Into enemy -erritorv to Red near the Umied Nations ttn i nd by e 150I D my :nd I d army frrez. he U.N m h squad n
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  • 66 3 BAMBOO RAFTS TO FREEDOM A party of 110 ragged and barefoot French men. women and children drifted on bamboo rafts down the Claire River to freedom at the French outpost of Vietrl. In a trek that took them several days they had made their way* from* the mountainous juns; e
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  • 42 3 Racial policy protest African, n< t rid rs Who paraded Africa House in linst the racia! S <i'h African Dr. Daniel uors by the pol: oration was the South I irds bearlm \irica "Malan's to the at ion of they .ca Square.
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  • 54 3 Khenchen L. Sanden, 18I year-old elder brother of the self-exiled Dalai Lama of Tibet has arrived in Calcutta from Yatung. provisional seat of the Tibetan Government near the Tibet-Sikkim border, and said that there would be no necessity for the Dalai Lama to seek refuge in India In
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  • 34 3 With the Lunar New Year approaching, hoarding of small change has begun in Hmg Kocg, but the authors ties are paying special ation to hoarders and many adv have been fined.— Reuter
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    331 3 HPHE experc enjoys both an adA vantage and a disadvantage from his long experience. Hp recognises si f uations he has met before and knows the technique to which they usually yield the i>esr results. But occasionally he will "type" the hand withjOUt making due allowance for the
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  • 310 3 FRANKFURT, Wcttuesdaj. gHORTAGE of raw materials sorely needed for Western defence has caused a wave of scrap metal thefts In Western Germany. German police records list thousands of thefts of scrap brass, tin, zinc, copper and lead The thieves are spurred by rising prices offered by
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  • 102 3 CAIRO. Wed. 'pHE Egyptian Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohamed Saia El Din Bey. said in Cairo that he might return to London in February for further talks with Mr. Ernest Bevin. the British Foreign Secretary. The Egyptian Foreign Minister took part in talks with the British
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  • 50 3 So far 50 European staffs have been declared redundant at the British Food Ministry abandoned groundnuts project at Kongwa. Tanganyika. There are still about 300 working there on disposing surplus equipment and redistribution plant to other centres where a modified programme will be continued. Reuter
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  • 57 3 India in 1950 haa a record tea production of 598.000.000 pounds, despite natural calamities like a cyclone in June and the Assam earthquake in August. Production was 13,500,000 pounds more than in 1949. Britain continues to be the P'ime consumer of Indian tea. although its intake fell
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  • 33 3 Quadruplets, two boys and two girls, were born by a Caesarian operation to Mrs. Anne Rosebush, 34, wife of a .Stonemason, recently in Pontiac, Michigan. All were doing well.- A .P.
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  • 38 3 The Shanghai News reported that the Chinese authorities have taken over control of the Shanghai branches of the Bank of America Insurance Company the North America Underwriters Bank Inc. and the American Asiatic Underwriters. U.P.
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  • 115 3 SANTANDER. Spam. Wed. gAILORS fishing off Sa: tai: der, Spain, brought back an unexpected 'catch" recently a modern 'ghost ship. The fishermen spotted the ship, a tugboat, just tl dawn some 25 miles off shore as it was wallowing helplessly in the waves. Oo boarding the
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  • 52 3 Nationalist China's Ministry of Education has invited Columbia University to rooperate with it in raising the course of the Taiwan University Medical School to graduate level. Reuter Dr. Martin Niemoller, outspoken advocate of all-Ger-man unity talks, will I France and the United States on a "no war preaching
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  • 244 3 U.S. STEPS UP WAR OUTPUT HEW YORK Wed. THI tn <•' expanded to record the on ti of war with th li. pros.! K and pi- r<-a--iiird v carried the D E due matched i by mo* the peaks i II In 19 more money and 1110! pite rising pn
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  • 13 3 Formosa will shi| rases of pirwap: tli is month. Reuter
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 205 3 RADIO SINGAPORE (Bill NITWOKK) 10 a.m. News from Singapore; 10.45 For the Schools; 12 Programmes in Malay; 1 Dance Mu.;ic; 1.30 Time Sicrnal Nev/s; 1 45 Concert in Miniature; 1 W*e the Schools; 6 Programme oumm&iy; 6.02 Young People's Program;.' 6.20 The Radio Orches r* 7 Tin p Signal, News;
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  • The Singapore Free Press
    • 221 4 E R pi reakf; nd t^oing clays marSin ja] ho huve bad time morning I the a ry, Oilmour, h;. hunt pri action the >U n c to take Mr. rid on e I row mfort .t the on I I igaUlg ood enhich her ho fa b\i:r
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  • 831 4  -  ERIC ASHMORE By t<hree Gorman stu- dents, obviously exservicemen, stop outside a restaurant and quickly fasten placards on each other's back. They file into the restaurant ond take their places at a table. There is a stir of interest as other guests read: "We
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  • 457 4 pRITZ Kr« lsler, world famous violinist, was responsible for one of the most impressive musical "houxes" of all time. Early in Ills career he became a composer and wrote seveiai short works for the violin which he described as "transcriptions" of works by forgotten composers. For
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  • 616 4  - Incredible, But It Happens PRESTO Music Topics by THE famoas Lamoureux orchestra was tuning up in Paris recently before a concert the great audience was chatteringly excited. There came a hush lollowed by a burst of applause and on to the conductor's rostrum stepped a girl of six. The girl
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    375 4 Kcfsini la CTassa Ladra played by the Philharmonia Orchestra Gallicra) Col. DX IKBO. There has been morp than ore fine recording of this lively o\i rture. This one is exceptionally good. Recording is not too sharp nor too loud and performance is exemplary in detail and tatisfyingly resilieAt
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  • 152 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS A REPRESf of the I Services' Un Salary R> mittee and <-fiar« the Municipal F ees' Thrift Society LU HDDONg, pointed ctu the Com?. Managem Bingapor Stores Bock Mi becc the Bton "Everybody about the hi But arr about It? A n buy Stores' Socii l^ss thnn
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  • 11 5 CONTROL OF FLOOD SCHEME inch d in KiUiney construee bridge pal
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  • 533 5 LIP-READING CLASS FOR DEAF Expert teaches children Free Press Staff Reporter the co-operation of the Education Department and the Social Welfare Department, the Singapore Branch of the British Red Cross Society has been able to sponsor a class for deaf children, which started at Dunnearn Road School on Jan. N.
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  • 38 5 can Consulate Singapore yestermceo :he appoint>lonel m E. Mcl> Assistant Air lo the American Emir. I nd Air son OfTicer to the Conral here It .< xpected thai Col ime this bout March 1.
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  • 69 5 picture IV. mi) l.i i i LL, <»t Ihc Department of Broaden isting, and Mrs. Barbara Munn, pictured at Kallang: airport w th the dolls Mr. Jo-hn Forbes-Sempill, actor manager of the Singapore Repertory, save them bef«re he left Singapore on ."Monday. The dolls are replicas of
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  • 115 5 i! y R porter I he i ir work. I i Ra in and dem ons —radar c: 1 Forc^ and "Wilco' over the etched voices -Lt. Sanfurcl efflci idar work a? arp using them F I am sur? Singapore ?e been I RAF.
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  • 94 5 F.P. Stall Correspondent PENANG. Tues. FOLLOWING a four-day religious service, attended ov over 70 priests, including ..lp chief abbots of several lemples, an 82-year-old widow. Mrs Yeoh Chea..g Seng, was initiated a nun at a ceremony held in the special prayer room of her Northam
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  • 86 5 T*HE Singapore Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., has published a souvenir on the occasion of its 25th. anniversary. The souvenir, taking as Its slogan "All together— Take the Mialn— Heave," contain^ es of congratulation from the Colonial Secre* Mr. W. L. Blythe, the President
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  • 48 5 Surface mail Is expecttd Singapore tcday Tom c. Britain. N Ireland. Eire. Europe. North and West Africa. Wn! Indies. Egypt. Ceylon, Norm India, Pakistan and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G-PO. today noon for Kilantnn <parcr!s only i U.S.A. and Canada, &45
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  • 136 5 OPERATIONS Free Press Staff Reporter ])K. H. A. Scnmgeour, Cniei Medical Officer, General Hospital, Singapore, yesterday denied that there was any increase in the waiting list of patients requiring operations at the hospital a..d said ihat the two surg.cai units working at presem were
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  • 32 5 While cycling along the 9th mile Bukit Timah road yesterday, 41-year-old Tan Cheng Yoke was knocked clown by the trailer of a lorry. HLs condition was reported to be serious.
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  • 577 5 FIGHT AGAINST LEPROSY SHOWS GOOD RESULTS .c n Free Pres s Staff Reporter rwenty-eight double huts have been built fnr th« c^ *i the grounds of the Settlement the USe of the llimil^s in |)R. R. D. Gross, Deputy Director uf Medical Services, said that this however, did not mean
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    56 5 The cffice of the Malaya Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has been moved to H.M.S. Laburnum at No. 2 Godown, Telok Ayer Basin. Singapore. t^i^tnro LIEUT. (Miss) AILIFN GORDON CHIPPINGDALK and Second-Lieut. (Miss> Maiden Teo, of the Sinpal»cre Women's Army Corps (Volunteer), who were iominissieneil by His Exrcllpncy the
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  • 90 5 F.P. Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues. QNE of the biggest fines ever to be imposed In local courts was meted out by Mr. j. r. Whims ter, President oi ihe Sessions Court, when he fined Lee Ee Beng, a Penang businessman, described by the prosecuting officer as a
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  • 56 5 Under the Income Tax Ordinance employers are required to make a return of particulars respecting their employees employed in 1950. Those employers who have not bee.: notified individually must now obtain Form E from the Income Tax Office either by personal application or by letter, and comnlrte and*
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  • 46 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An Emergency Information Services Committee has been iornvd in the Federation under the chairmanship of Mr. Hugh Carlrton Greene, head ol the Emergency Information Services, to co-ordinate all propaganda media concerned the Emergency, it was r,fflciallj announced in Kuala I.nmnur iX)Qq.>.
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  • 79 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. THE chairman of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce. Mr. H. S. Lee. has sent an urgent letter to the Federation Chief Secretary. Mr. M. V. del Tufo. asking him to convey to the British Government a resolution passed by the chambers requesting that
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  • 84 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A TWENTY YEAR OLD Haji was today charged with "having used criminal force on a Malay woman, Mariam binti Jaafar,. with intent to outrage her modesty." before Inche Ibrahim, in the Kuala Lumpur Secord Magistrate's Court. He was Haji Yahaya bin Ha.ii Ahmad,
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  • 1326 5 First steps to tackle rise in COL COUNCIL REVIEW Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Legislative Council w->ttida\ t tk the first steps toward tackling the problem of t'ne Colony's rising cost of living. By a resolution, which met with UfUUiim< approval, the Government was Instructed forthwith to appoint a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 1093 6  -  R. WAUGH FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY SHORT STORY BY Who was to know that the girl in the train to Kuala Lumpur was a detective? IS Joan left the A bookhu -office she caught a glimpse of him elbowing his way through the cosmopolitan throng with a brown bag
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  • 185 6 A LETTER urging the inclusion of "Mr. Singapore, x 1950", Tav Teo Chuan, in the Asian dames contingent is being sent today to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council by the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Association. If the proposal is approved at thi.s evening's S.O.S.C. meeting,
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  • 149 6 WHEN North meet South at tomorrow's University rugger match which is their last game of the season the teams will be fighting hard to annex the Dato Paglar Shield. This is the first time a winning team is getting a shield, and it will be fought ior
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  • London Stock Exchange
    • 132 6 LONDON, Wedms THE undertone of the Stock Exchange renumej fairly solid yesterday but there was litt't dth or depth to business. With little in the news to exci: markets the end of the account was the n occupation with operators. Oil shares moved rather erratically at times
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    • 179 6 Reuter FOLLOWING ar I gUP i>UCV*-[ ENGLISH I i Div I Blackpool ld rfolton < luilloii I ulbam |v HuddeiMield Liverpt;ol I >lidd!fsbr«uuti New* astir Stoke i I Tottenham i W. Bromw i li VI SCCOND M\iBariisl* i Birmingham I niackbut n s Brentford i 11 Cardiff >
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    • 116 6 journal Pravda published on Monday a resolution by the Executive Committee of the Finnish Communist Party calling for transformation of the 1952 Olympics at Helsinki into a •genuine holiday of peace for the youth of the whole world." Western observers considered this an indication that the Russians
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    • 27 6 Rex Layne. Utah heavyweight, scored a technical knockout over Bill Roberts of Indianapolis in an eightround bout at Salt Lake Cuv on Monday nieht.- A.P.
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    • 189 6 AN IDEAL NEW YEAR GIFT THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL I THIS is the first time since agcs the Liberation that •20 Full Colour nave been able t0 Produce illustrations in- STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL eluding 3 Full < A Pages the in es of the successful pre I I war publication
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 114 6 MdndrSKfi Excluaif* tf> thp Singapore Ira Pmss in Malaya OPE NiNG THE BOX. OON'T WANT OON'T KNOW r jfiß% Z 7 OR BOORy V-J^^fc^ 17 [anything to happen to any j— ILL what WE'LLj4fj# vt tSaps -ViS^s|» JANt Exclusive to the Sin#u pore Free Press in Malava On ms wa>
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  • 53 7 ARSENAL PLAYERS TRAINING Arsenal footballers running; around Ihe track at Highbury, London, as they train for their Cup match against Carlisle. A notice on the around says "Please Kerp Oil The Grass" although nothing hut snow could be seen. The footIgJlers (from left to rii;ht are: Lewis. Daniel. Scott. Barnes.
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  • 304 7 NDRITE AND GARNFAIR IN TOP FORM Danwoodie back in the saddle Free Press Racing Correspondent U 3 OH, Wednesday. jOCKLi Vincent Dunvvoodie, who was injured as a result of a race accident at Inoh in December, has returned from recuperation leave in Australia and will be riding a #ain at
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  • 266 7  - Weightlifting team named CONRAD NG By piVl Singapore weightlifters have be ii selected U reprrsrnt Singapore in the Asian Games to be v u Delhi from March 4to 11. The selecI to an tfficial trial to be held at the Happy World Stadium on Feb. 2 or 3, will be
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  • 36 7 .1 Brian and 19 I •nt the in- I in point touched by ami on to Two Darwin medical offisaid in a nger or -r D;l: a have to S crew would mined.
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  • 17 7 Chester beat Rochdale by s to two in a Third N :'hern I lei Reuter
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  • 90 7 Sedgman is ranked No. 1 UARRY HOPMAN. I of the Australian I 1 Cup team, yesterday rated the Australian champion, Frank Sedrrman. first and ihe United StaiCcs No. 1 singles player. Art Larsen, third in hi.s ii>so world amateur tennis rankHopman pui Wimbledon npion Budg Pa ty <(J.S.> in the
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  • 234 7 118 RUNS EN 78 MINUTES LEFT with 117 minutes to score 188 runs for victory at Houart rday. m.I.C. attacked the bowJing ressively to knock the p in 78 minutes lor the s of one wicket. Yesterday was Compton's in this match against Tasmania. Bowling el .s, he took two
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  • 46 7 Arrangements are being made to hold The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council's Asian Games athletic trials at the Naval Base ground on Feb. 17. This, however, is subject to the approval of the Central Snorts Committee, Naval Base, which will be r/eeting on Friday.
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  • 26 7 The annual general meeting of the Perak Cricket Association will be held in the committee room of the Ipeh Club tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 220 7 ARRIVAL of Colonel Daly. i xpensive raceb >rse imported into Malaya narks the beginning oi big-time racing In this coun-traim-r Marmus Van Breukel< n to the Free Press lasi night. He add^d that if this $20,000 brown English gelding proved successlul at its first me—it will
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  • 555 7  - Made good through patient training KOH PENG LONG ASIAN GAMES CONTENDERS. .1. By The Free Press publishes from today a series of articles on Singapore's competitors for the first Asian Games, to be held at New Delhi from March 4 to 11. \|AKING his first trip abroad for a sports
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  • 38 7 SINGAPORE opens season with its No 1. Ju* Gala on Saturr T.. arranged CJ January i on holiday from Australia, be helc the be\ holiday I Ki rom u: i immi Club l
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  • 10 7 SANDS FOR U.K. AGAIN I niak had Enffti; j Reuter
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  • 82 8 Decline in tin prices LONDON. Wed. SPOT and three months tin declined sharply in yestermorning's market, and dosed at the common price B 1.177 J >i drop ol £25 spot and ol £15 for three months. Th sing prices were: spot 1.175 buyers 1.180 sellers, with business e 1,185. Three
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  • 81 8 RESIGNS OVER GUINEA POLICY Mr. M Van Der Goes Van jned yesterday as Parliamentary leader of the Dutch labour Party as a result of an internal party conflict over policy in the dispute with Indonesia on the future Of the Western part of New Guinea. Mr. J. A. W. Burger,
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  • 195 8 ARMS DRIVE MEANS LESS FOOD Guns instead of butter PARIS, Wednesday. SHORTAGES In Europe caused by rearmament w^ will mean less food and fewer clothes for people whose living standards have slowly been returning to normal since 1945 At present the shortages are in basic raw materials which are to
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  • 145 8 EX-SERVICE BRITONS GET WINDFALLS LONDON Wed. THOUSANDS ot Britons who -d in the war may in unexpected rebate from Miry it it can be tound paid too much taxes during tn war. DM 1.000 Inland Revenue going through the documents ol ex-service-men and women and already ral thousands have reed
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  • 39 8 The Burmese Foreign Minister. Mr. Sao Hkun Hkio. is likely to travel to Indone:his month on a goodwill visit. He hopes to discuss with the Indonesian Foreign Minister. Mr. Mohamad Rhum. subjects of mutual interest.- A. P.
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  • 192 8 LONDON, Wednesday. lIARMAX George Bickers, aged 61, is alive. He has been told so, officially. Mr Bickers, cook in a cafe in Aldershot, England, has been dead, officially, since September, 1949. The Poplar coroner. Mr. W. R. Hcddy, found that Mr. Bickers had drowned
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  • 34 8 The London Daily Mail joked today: "Watch for a move by President Truman for diplomatic representation in Tokyo. He is anxious to have a Yankee at the court of King MacArthur." U.P.
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  • 62 8 Smallpox deaths in Calcutta Nearly 2.600 people have died In Calcutta since Nov. 11 when smallpox became an epidemic. During the week endir.g Jan. 13, although official figures put deaths to 253. a drop of nearly a hundred on the preceeding week the incidence of disease continues to be very
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  • 27 8 THE American club, Fatties Anonymous, have held what they called their first girthday party. They want to enlist 35,000,000 overweight Americans in a diet crusade.
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